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Re: guess what?
Kevin said:
> Pottawattomie, (actually sayin he had to go pottie)
wait a minute. There was a Patowatamie (or some other transliteration) tribe
that lived in Illinois, at least. There was a park in St. Charles named after
them. I suspect the Indiana town name is from the tribe, but perhaps it's
just a coincidence.
Indiana also has Gnaw Bone and Beanblossom, which are right near Santa Clause.
Liesel, you lived in Normal? Wow. I know people from Normal. I'm going there
in July, too, for a week.
My all-time favorite place name is a lake in Massachusetts. It is usually
referred to by the drab name of Lake Webster, but its *real* name is the native
american name: Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg. Which
means "you fish on your side, I fish on my side, nobody fish in the middle."
Anybody read "The Meaning of Liff"?
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